I'd like to be in the country so that I'd could like being in the city…

Fernando Pessoa
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I'd like to be in the country so that I'd could like being in the city. ✨ A Factless Autobiography. Book by Fernando Pessoa, Richard Zenith Edition, Lisbon, p. 367, 2006.
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I'd like to be in the country so that I'd could like being in the city. ✨ A Factless Autobiography. Book by Fernando Pessoa, Richard Zenith Edition, Lisbon, p. 367, 2006.

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